USFWS Region 7 Alaska Nonnative Plant Surveys - 2025 Survey Data

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published by United States Fish and Wildlife Service on Feb 27, 2026 United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Home:
https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/189141
Publication date:
27 February 2026
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

This dataset includes occurrences of mostly non-native plants resulting from non-native plant surveys by USFWS Alaska invasive plant-related projects in 2025.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 19,813 records.

3 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
19813
MeasurementOrFacts 
168958
Identification 
19813
Multimedia 
1

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is United States Fish and Wildlife Service. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 6e93498d-2585-4d2d-818a-81cb368c1165.  United States Fish and Wildlife Service publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

USFWS Region 7 Alaska Nonnative Plant Surveys - 2025 Survey Data https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/190367 UTF-8 CSV, Biotic Observation Minimum Specification
USFWS Region 7 Alaska Nonnative Plant Surveys - 2025 Survey Data, AKEPIC submission https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/190358 UTF-8 XML Spreadsheet
USFWS Region 7 Alaska Nonnative Plant Surveys - 2025 Survey Data, raw Survey123 data, CSV format https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/190382 UTF-8 csv
USFWS Region 7 Alaska Nonnative Plant Surveys - 2025 Survey Data, raw Survey123 data, SHP format https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/190386 UTF-8 shp
USFWS Region 7 Alaska Nonnative Plant Surveys - 2025 Survey Data, raw Survey123 data, file geodatabase https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/190387 UTF-8 file geodatabase

Contacts

Matthew Bowser
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Fish and Wildlife Biologist
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
  • PO Box 2139
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Diane Abraham
  • Originator
Sam Artaiz
  • Originator
  • Biological Technician
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
  • PO Box 2139
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Caleb Bailey
  • Originator
  • Biological Intern
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Soldotna
Alaska
US
Ellary Battle
  • Originator
  • Field Intern
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Kylene Blossom
  • Originator
George Bonsall
  • Originator
  • Biological Technician
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Stacey Buckelew
  • Originator
  • Island Invasive Species Strike Team Biologist Stacey Buckelew
Sabrena Camp
  • Originator
  • Biologist
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Colin Canterbury
  • Originator
  • Biologist
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
  • PO Box 2139
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Jackie Cleveland
  • Originator
Mark Conrad
  • Originator
Caylen Cummins
  • Originator
  • Data Manager
Nathan Davis
  • Originator
  • Biological Technician
USFWS Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
  • PO Box 2139
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Lisa Dlugolecki
  • Originator
  • North Region Early Detection Rapid Response Project Manager
Allison Dulude
  • Originator
  • Biological Technician
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Dan Esler
  • Originator
Bill Farrell
  • Originator
  • Volunteer Roving Host
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Lauren Flynn
  • Originator
Michael Foley
  • Originator
Carly Gerth
  • Originator
  • Biological Technician
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Southwest/Southcentral EDRR Project Team
Soldotna
Alaska
US
Chris Haberbush
  • Originator
  • Stream Watch Coordinator
Kenai Watershed Forum
Kim Holzer
  • Originator
  • Invasive Species Coordinator
Anchorage
Alaska
US
Mary Hostetter
  • Originator
CaSandera Johnson
  • Originator
Nate Johnson
  • Originator
Bill Kane
  • Originator
Christa Kennedy
  • Originator
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Deb Kurtz
  • Originator
Jesi Lobato
  • Originator
Ashley Lutto
  • Originator
  • Fish and Wildlife Biologist
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Adrienne McGill
  • Originator
Jackie Morton
  • Originator
  • Biological Technician
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Matt Nielson
  • Originator
Tessie Offner
  • Originator
  • Biological Technician
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Southwest/Southcentral EDRR Project Team
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Corin Pike
  • Originator
  • Biological Intern
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Mychelle Smith
  • Originator
Olivia Somers
  • Originator
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Stephen Spangler
  • Originator
Michael Stone
  • Originator
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Aurelia Umholtz
  • Originator
Alaska
US
Dominique Watts
  • Originator
  • Wildlife Biologist/Pilot
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
  • PO Box 2139
99669 Soldotna
Alaska
US
Alison Williams
  • Originator
Ben Wishnek
  • Originator
  • South Region Early Detection Rapid Response Project Manager
Soldotna
Alaska
US
Jonah Withers
  • Originator
  • Fisheries and Ecological Services Data Manager

Geographic Coverage

The potential geographic coverage was all National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska and their environs.

Bounding Coordinates South West [52.03, -175.14], North East [68.45, -147.04]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom plantae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2025-05-27 / 2025-10-22

Project Data

No Description available

Title USFWS Region 7 Alaska Nonnative Plant Surveys
Identifier https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/189141

The personnel involved in the project:

Matthew Bowser
  • Metadata Provider

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 6e93498d-2585-4d2d-818a-81cb368c1165
https://ipt.gbif.us/resource?r=usfwsr7-alaska-nonnative-plant-surveys-2025